What if the strongest magic in your set isn’t the flashiest or the fastest to reset, but the piece that shines where you actually perform. Coffee shops, classrooms, living rooms? We sit down with hobbyist magician and primary school teacher Elliott Hodges to explore eight effects that prove context and clarity beat pocket space every time. Elliott opens with Ambitious Jazz, a tight packet routine that builds phase by phase, and Elmsley’s Four Card Trick, a masterclass in logical endings power...
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What if the strongest magic in your set isn’t the flashiest or the fastest to reset, but the piece that shines where you actually perform. Coffee shops, classrooms, living rooms? We sit down with hobbyist magician and primary school teacher Elliott Hodges to explore eight effects that prove context and clarity beat pocket space every time. Elliott opens with Ambitious Jazz, a tight packet routine that builds phase by phase, and Elmsley’s Four Card Trick, a masterclass in logical endings power...
What if the strongest magic isn’t about flashy props, but about influence, structure, and respect for your audience? We sit down with magician Ben Sidwell to map an eight-trick card set that’s lean on gimmicks and heavy on intention, designed to scale from a noisy bar to an intimate parlour room without losing clarity or impact. Ben opens with influence-forward thinking, why “Anything” by Ben Williams plays better as a persuasion piece than a mind read and shows how Jay Sankey’s Paperclipped ...
Desert Island Tricks
What if the strongest magic in your set isn’t the flashiest or the fastest to reset, but the piece that shines where you actually perform. Coffee shops, classrooms, living rooms? We sit down with hobbyist magician and primary school teacher Elliott Hodges to explore eight effects that prove context and clarity beat pocket space every time. Elliott opens with Ambitious Jazz, a tight packet routine that builds phase by phase, and Elmsley’s Four Card Trick, a masterclass in logical endings power...
